Flat-iron heater.



W. VAN PIETERSOM & F. PLERLAGE.

FLAT IRON HEATER.

APPLIoATmN Hmm nu zo, 1909.

968,903. Patented Aug.L 30, 1910.

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WILLIAM VAN PIETERSOM AND FRANK FLERLAGE, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

FLAT-IRON HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed May 20, 1909.

Patented Aug. 30, 1910. Serial No. 497,235.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, VILLIAM VAN Pnrrnnsoai and FRANK F LnnLAen, residing in Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of lisconsin7 have invented new and useful Improvements in Flat-Iron Heaters, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which are a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in flat-iron heaters particularly adapted for use with gas stoves.

lt is one of the objects of this invention to provide a heater which is adapted to be -placed ou top of one of the stove holes of a gas stove and providing means whereby sad irons and cooking utensils may be heated over a single gas burner at the same time.

Another object of this invention is to provide a heater which is simple in construction and is inexpensive to manufacture.

lith the above, and other objects in view, the invention consists of the heater and its parts and combination as set forth in the claims.

In the accompanying` drawing7 in which the same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of the views; Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view of the heater taken on line 2 2 of Fig. 2 showing the heater placed on top of a fragment of a gas stove, a cooking utensil on top of the heater and a sad iron on each side thereof; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the heater and two sad irons; and, Fig. 3 is a side view thereof.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 5 indicates a fragment of a stove top, 6, the burner opening thereof and 7 the supporting ribs of the top. A heater 8 which is adapted to rest on top of the support-ing ribs consists of a rectangular heating base plate 9 provided with an elongated burner opening 10 and a vertical cylindrical elevated supporting member 11 provided with utensil supporting ribs 12 projecting inwardly from the upper edge thereof. The rectangular base plate is provided with upst-anding lugs 13 to which the lower portion of the cylindrical member is fastened by means of bolts 14.

The cylindrical member is provided with side or flat-iron openings 15 of suflicient size to permit one of the sides of the body portion of a sad iron to be placed through each side opening far enough to be heated by the flame of the stove burner (not shown) without covering the rectangular base plate opening. The contour of the side edges of the rectangular base plate surrounding the opening thereof is shaped to conform to the side edges of the bottom of the sad irons so that the iron rests entirely upon the upper surface of the rectangular plate and does not come in direct contact with the flame of the burner and consequently the danger of the irons becoming covered with soot from smoke is obviated. The heater as shown is adapted to heat irons of the type provided with removable handles but it is obvious that the cylindrical portion may be made higher to accommodate irons provided with fixed handles.

The supporting ribs 1Q extend a slight distance above the upper edge of the cylindrical portion to permit the heat passing out between the upper edge of the cylindrical portion and the bottom of the receptacle 16 resting on the supporting ribs.

Then the sad irons are placed in position on the heater they substantially lill the side openings and in connection with the cylindrical portion form a flue to conduct the heat from the opening in the rectangular plate to the receptacle placed on top of the inwardly projecting supporting bars and at the same time the irons are being heated without interfering with the heating of the receptacle.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the heater forms a very convenient utensil which is adapted to heat cooking receptacles and at the same time heat sad irons.

What we claim as our invention is- 1. A heater, comprising a rectangular base plate provided with an elongated burner opening and upstanding lugs, a vertical cylindrical member positioned o-n top of the base plate and provided with a top heating opening and with Hat-iron openings, said side openings shaped to be substantially closed by the articles being heated to form a heat Hue from the burner opening to the top heating opening, bolts connecting the cylindrical members to the upstanding lugs, and receptacle supporting ribs projecting above the upper edge of the cylindrical member and inwardly therefrom.

2. A heater, comprising a base plate pro-` vided with an elongated opening, the side l projefetn'ig above the iippei edge of the oy# i() edges of the plate bounding said opening lindrioal poi-tion.

being curved inwardly toward each other, a In testimony whereof, we al'lix our signavertical cylindrical member connected to tures, in presence of two witnesses.

said base plate and provided with a heating VILLIAM VAN PIETERSOM. opening on the top and a flat-iron opening FRANK FLERLAGE.

on the side, said side opening shaped to be Vitnesses:

substantially closed by the article being VALTER B. SCHUCK,

heated, and receptacle supporting means J.S.SC11UCK. 

